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Getting your Python Development Environment ready with Vagrant

Mario García�(He/Him)

GitLab Hero

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What is Vagrant?

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Vagrant

Vagrant is a tool for building and managing virtual environments
It works with VirtualBox, Hyper-V, Docker, VMWare, as providers
Provisioning through shell scripts, Ansible, Chef, Puppet

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Providers

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Providers

VirtualBox
VMWare
Hyper-V
AWS
Docker

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What is? - VirtualBox

One of the most popular virtualization software
It supports Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Oracle Solaris as host systems
It supports ISO and BOX images

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On Linux - VirtualBox

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 19.03 & 19.10
Debian GNU/Linux 9 ("Stretch") & 10 ("Buster")
Oracle Linux 6, 7 & 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 & 8
Fedora 30 & 31

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On Linux - VirtualBox

Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise server 12 & 15
openSUSE Leap 15.1
Linux 2.6, 3.x, 4.x o 5.x

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Installation - VirtualBox

Download from

virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Download from the repositories

Arch-based
Add official repositories (DEB & RPM)

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Boxes - Vagrant

Boxes (.box) are the package format for Vagrant environments
Download boxes from:

app.vagrantup.com/boxes/search
vagrantbox.es

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What is? - Docker

Docker Engine is an open source containerization technology for building and containerizing your applications

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Installation - Docker

Install Docker Engine: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/

CentOS
Debian
Fedora
Raspbian
Ubuntu

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Post Installation - Docker

$ sudo groupadd docker

$ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

$ newgrp docker

$ docker run hello-world

TERMINAL

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Provisioners

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Provisioners

Shell scripts
Ansible
Chef
Puppet

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Installation

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Installation

Download from vagrantup.com/downloads
Download from the repositories

Debian-based (DEB)
Fedora
Arch-based

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Installation

Debian-based

sudo apt install vagrant

Fedora

sudo dnf install vagrant

Arch-based

sudo pacman -S vagrant

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Installation

CentOS

sudo dnf install -y https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/2.2.14/vagrant_2.2.14_x86_64.rpm

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Basic commands

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Basic commands

vagrant up

Start the virtual environment

vagrant init

Create the Vagrantfile file with the initial configuration of the environment

vagrant init --minimal

vagrant ssh

Establish a connection to the virtual environment through SSH

vagrant halt

Stop the virtual environment

vagrant destroy

Delete the virtual environment and configuration files

vagrant box

Manage the boxes used for configuring the virtual environment

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Python Development Environment

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Development Tools

Python
Git
pyenv
Poetry / pipenv
GitKraken
Atom
VSCode/Code-OSS/VSCodium

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Configuring Development Environment

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Vagrantfile

$ mkdir python-dev && cd python-dev
$ vagrant init debian/buster64

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Provisioning

$ touch install.sh
$ nano install.sh

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Running

$ nano Vagrantfile
$ vagrant up
$ vagrant ssh

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Development Environment with Packer

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Packer Configuration File

$ mkdir python-dev

$ cd python-dev

$ touch box-config.json

$ nano box-config.json

TERMINAL

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Provisioning

Add vagrant user to /etc/sudoers
Add SSH key for authentication
Install pyenv and Poetry dependencies
Install pyenv and configure bashrc
Install Poetry

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Running

$ packer build -var 'version=1.0' ubuntu.json

$ vagrant init python-dev

$ vagrant box add python-dev output-vagrant/package.box

$ vagrant up

$ vagrant ssh

TERMINAL

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Development Environment with Docker

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Vagrantfile

Docker Hub
Dockerfile

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$ mkdir python-dev

$ cd python-dev

$ touch Dockerfile

$ nano Dockerfile

Dockerfile

TERMINAL

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Vagrantfile

$ touch Vagrantfile
$ nano Vagrantfile

$ vagrant up
$ vagrant ssh

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Resources

Virtual Dev Environment with Vagrant + VBox on Linux

https://dev.to/mattdark/virtual-dev-environment-with-vagrant-vbox-on-linux-gha

Using Docker as provider for Vagrant

https://dev.to/mattdark/using-docker-as-provider-for-vagrant-10me

Publish a Docker image to Docker Hub using GitLab

https://dev.to/mattdark/publish-a-docker-image-to-docker-hub-using-gitlab-2b9o

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Resources

Python Development Environment

https://gitlab.com/mattdark/python-development-environment/

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Thank You

hi@mariog.xyz

mariog.xyz

twitter.com/mariogmd

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